Spirit Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List

The 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards are being handed out today in a tent on the beach in lovely Santa Monica. Keep up with the winners as they are announced below.

Best Feature
"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" - WINNER
"Boyhood"
"Love is Strange"
"Selma"
"Whiplash"

Best Director
Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"   
Ava DuVernay, "Selma"
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" - WINNER
David Zellner, "Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter"

Best Screenplay
Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, "Big Eyes"
J.C. Chandor, "A Most Violent Year"
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler" - WINNER
Jim Jarmusch, "Only Lovers Left Alive"
Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, "Love is Strange" 

Best First Feature
Ana Lily Amirpour, "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"
Justin Simien, "Dear White People"
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler" - WINNER
Gillian Robespierre, "Obvious Child"
Anja Marquardt, "She's Lost Control"

Best First Screenplay
Desiree Akhavan, "Appropriate Behavior"
Sara Colangelo, "Little Accidents"
Justin Lader, "The One I Love"
Anja Marquardt, "She's Lost Control"
Justin Simien, "Dear White People" - WINNER

John Cassavetes Award
Jeremy Saulnier, "Blue Ruin"
Eliza Hittman, "It Felt Like Love"
Aaron Katz & Martha Stephens, "Land Ho!" - WINNER
Dave Boyle, "Man From Reno"
Chris Mason Johnson, "Test"

Best Female Lead
Marion Cotillard, "The Immigrant"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter"
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" - WINNER
Jenny Slate, "Obvious Child"
Tilda Swinton, "Only Lovers Left Alive"                 

Best Male Lead
André Benjamin, "Jimi: All Is By My Side"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" - WINNER
John Lithgow, "Love is Strange"
David Oyelowo, "Selma"

Best Supporting Female
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" - WINNER
Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
Carmen Ejogo, "Selma"
Andrea Suarez Paz, "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors"
Emma Stone, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"

Best Supporting Male
Riz Ahmed, "Nightcrawler"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Alfred Molina, "Love is Strange"
Edward Norton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" - WINNER

Best Cinematography
Darius Khondji, "The Immigrant"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" - WINNER
Sean Porter, "It Felt Like Love"
Lyle Vincent, "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"
Bradford Young, "Selma"

Best Editing
Sandra Adair, "Boyhood"
Tom Cross, "Whiplash" - WINNER
John Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
Ron Patane, "A Most Violent Year"
Adam Wingard, "The Guest"

Best Documentary
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, "20,000 Days on Earth"
Laura Poitras, "CITIZENFOUR" - WINNER
Debra Granik, "Stray Dog"
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders, "The Salt of the Earth"
Orlando von Einsiedel, "Virunga"

Best International Film
Ruben Östlund, "Force Majeure"
Pawel Pawlikowski, "Ida" - WINNER
Andrey Zvyagintsev, "Leviathan"
Xavier Dolan, "Mommy"
Lav Diaz, "Norte, the End of History"
Jonathan Glazer, "Under the Skin"

Piaget Producers Award
Chad Burris
Elisabeth Holm
Chris Ohlson - WINNER

Someone to Watch Award
Ana Lily Amirpour, "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"
Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia, "H." - WINNER
Chris Eska, "The Retrieval"

Truer Than Fiction Award
Amanda Rose Wilder, "Approaching the Elephant"
Darius Clark Monroe, "Evolution of a Criminal"
Dan Krauss, The Kill Team" - WINNER
Sara Dosa, "The Last Season"

Robert Altman Award
"Inherent Vice"

Special Distinction Award
"Foxcatcher"

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